Why it matters
The sea nymph Thetis begs a mighty, cloud-borne Jupiter to help her son Achilles, an episode from Homer's Iliad. Ingres painted it before he was 31.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1811.
- It measures 3,470 × 2,570 mm.
- It is in the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence.
Based on the Wikipedia article Jupiter and Thetis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
